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Movie Resolution: Week 14

April 7, 2012by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

April 1: The Road to El Dorado This picture popped into my mind the other night–no idea why, but I’m certainly glad it did! I haven’t thought about it for […]

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Movie Resolution: Week 13

March 31, 2012by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

March 25: I Could Go on Singing This was a really good movie, it wasn’t the greatest movie, but it was good. In my childhood, I’d watch as many Judy […]

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Movie Resolution: Week 12

March 24, 2012by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

My Netflix Instant Queue is getting stuffed, so I decided to watch all my movies this week off of there. It’ll be easy for you to see them this way–I […]

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Movie Resolution: Week 11

March 17, 2012by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

March 12: The Lodger If I had known about this film, I would have made sure to see it much sooner. It’s all about Jack the Ripper, with whom I […]

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Movie Resolution: Week 10

March 10, 2012by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

March 4: History is Made at Night In this picture, Jean Arthur delicately teeters between comedy and drama. She deftly switches masks at the drop of a pin. Jean stars […]

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Movie Resolution: Week 9

March 3, 2012by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

February 26: The Singing Nun I have a long, disjointed relationship with the Singing Nun. On one of my first days of French class in High School, Madame Stone played […]

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Movie Resolution: Week 8

February 25, 2012by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

February 19: The Toast of Wall Street Dullsville. This wasn’t a horrible film, but it was incredibly boring. The only reason I watched it was for Cary Grant and because […]

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Movie Resolution: Week 7

February 18, 2012by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

This was probably one of the greatest movie weeks I’ve ever had. While there was an obviously superior film, there were three pictures that received perfect marks from me. I’m […]

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Movie Resolution: Week 6

February 11, 2012by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

February 5: The Corn is Green The Grande Dame Guignol genre (a.k.a: Hag Horror) aside, this is my second favorite Bette Davis picture, right after Jezebel–I adore that picture!–I really […]

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Movie Resolution: Week 5

February 4, 2012by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

January 29: Zoo in Budapest Charming, charming, charming. There is no other way to describe this picture. It was Diana Vreeland’s favorite movie, and seeing that we are almost identical […]

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